SylvanLakeWH 27,494 #1 Posted July 7, 2018 (edited) So my wife and I are on a walk and the neighbor is rolling an apparently perfectly good Toro lawn mower to the trash...I ask him what's wrong with it and he says - "won't Stay Running..." So as my wife rolls her eyes, for she is wise enough to know what's coming, I politely ask if he minds setting it to the side so I can grab it after our walk (I know from my recent wheel barrow trash pick (Still working on that trailer build - more to come on separate thread) that she does not like sharing our walk with my treasures...). He says "I will do you one better and wheel it to your driveway" Did I mention I have outstanding neighbors?!!! Back from our walk I put gas in it and pull the cord...First time fires right up. No smoke, no issues. Runs like a top. So I do the right thing and go to my neighbor and inform him that it started right up and does he want it back?. He says "keep it...already got a new one...Besides - It just isn't in good shape.". Well - come to find out there was a wee bit more wrong with it - clutch shot, belts toast, and power drive shot as well. HHHMMM... what to do... FREE is FREE and I do not like making something free cost money, so I tear out the clutch and all associated stuff, disconnect the drive train making it a good old fashioned push mower, remove all the bizarre plastic crap under the metal deck, bolt on the blade solid like the old days, put back all the junk plastic covers and voila - My new push mower / brush hog for those areas where you do not want "stuff" clogging the deck or breaking the belts on the "good" mower (the 15 year old Toro)... Of course, I will only use this to loan out, when I mow down the perennials in the fall, or where the WH can't go or I do not want to risk damaging the deck due to less that pristine conditions... Not bad for an hour's work... Edited July 7, 2018 by SylvanLakeWH 6 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
